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AMERICAN LITERATURE 

/. June 13, i8gs 

1. Mention five American authors who wrote 
before 1800, and give the title of an important work 
of each. f 

2. Give the author of each of the following works : 
(a) Hiawatha, (b) Culprit fay, (c) Uncle T orris cabin, 
(d) Sheridan' s ride, (e) Biglow papers, (/) Prue and I, 
(g) Little women, (h) Ramona, (i) Reveries of a bachelor, 
(j) Ben-Hur. 

3. Write a sketch of the life of one of the following: 
(a) Irving, (b) Cooper, (c) Poe. 

. 4. Name two works of each of the following 
authors: (a) Thoreau, (b) Howells, (c) Cable, (d) Bur- 
roughs, (e) Bret Harte. 

5. Give a sketch of one of the following works: 
(a) House of seven gables, (b) Courtship of Miles 
Standish, (c) Vision of Sir Launfal. 

6. Mention the class of works for which each of 
the following authors is specially noted, and give the 
title of an important work of each: (a) Saxe, (b) 
Whipple, (c) Crawford, (d) Prescott, (e) F. H. Burnett. 

7. Give a sketch of the life of Oliver Wendell 
Holmes. 

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10 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

8. Give a descriptive and critical account of 
Holmes's Autocrat of the breakfast table. 

9. Give the principal works of two of the following 
authors: (a) Aldrich, (b) Whittier, (c) Parkman, 
(d) Lowell. 

10. (a) Give an account of the life of Haw- 
thorne, (6) name five of his principal works. 

11. Give a critical account of Emerson as a prose 
writer. 

12. Write from memory Emerson's Concord hymn. 

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN 

13. Write an account of Tales of a wayside inn, 
outlining the plan of the story, describing the charac- 
ters, and giving the titles of the different tales. 

14. Tell the story of the Falcon of Ser Federigo. 

15. (a) Who tells the story of King Robert of Sicily 
and (6) under what circumstances is the story told? 
(c) Give the story. 

II. January jo, i8g6 

16. Name five works written in America before 
1800 and give the author of each. 

17. Describe the character and literary merits of 
(a) Franklin's Autobiography and (b) Poor Richards 
Almanac. 

18. Give the important works of two of the follow- 
ing: (a) Emerson, (6) Holmes, (c) Taylor, (d) Whit- 
tier, (e) Hawthorne. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 11 

19. Give a sketch of the life of Washington Irv- 
ing. 

20. Give the author of each of the following works: 
(a) Dream life, (b) Marco Bozzaris, (c) Walden, (d) 
Story of a bad boy, (e) Little women, (/) Bitter-sweet, 
(g) Concord hymn, (h) Buccaneer, (i) Nathan Hale, 
(j) Prue and I. ' 

21. Name five American poets who were writing 
before 1850 and give the title of an important poem 
of each. 

22. Write a sketch of the life of one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Bryant, (b) Poe, (c) Motley. 

23. Tell the class of works for which each of the 
following authors is specially noted and give the title 
of a prominent work of each : (a) Parkman, (6) How- 
ells, (c) Wallace, (d) Stedman, (e) Crawford. 

24. Give a sketch of one of the following works: 
(a) Evangeline, (b) The raven, (c) Rip Van Winkle, 
(d) Snow-bound. 

25. (a) Give a sketch of the life of James Russell 
Lowell and (6) mention his principal works. 

26. Write a critical account of the literary work 
of Nathaniel Hawthorne. 

27. Write from memory the first three stanzas of 
Lowell's Present crisis. 

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN 

28. Give a sketch of the life and character of Eva. 

29. (a) Give an account of George Harris and (b) 



12 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

state his connection with the story of Uncle Tom's 
cabin. 

30. Give an account of the escape of Eliza. 

///. March 26, i8q6 

31. Give a sketch of the life and mention the chief 
works of one of the following: (a) Irving, (b) Park- 
man, (c) Lowell. 

32. Give the author of each of the following works : 
(a) Freedom of the will, (b) Mr. Isaacs, (c) Rise of Silas 
Lapham, (d) The raven, (e) Timothy Titcomb's letters, 
(/) Conquest of Mexico, (g) Nathan Hale, (h) Hyperion, 
(i) Ballad of Babie Bell, (j) Oregon trail. 

33. Name five sea tales and five stories of Indian 
or American life by Cooper. 

34. Give an account of the life and literary work 
of Bayard Taylor. 

35. Write a sketch of one of the following works: 
(a) Hiawatha, (b) Rip Van Winkle, (c) Maud Mutter. 

36. Write a critical estimate of the work of Na- 
thaniel Hawthorne. 

37. Write three stanzas from Lowell's Present crisis. 

38. Give the titles of two poems by each of the 
following authors: (a) Stedman, (b) Aldrich, (c) 
Bryant, (d) Whittier, (e) Emerson. 

39. (a) Write a sketch of the life of Oliver Wendell 
Holmes, (b) Name three of his prose works and (c) 
two of his poems. 

40. Name the author and give an account of the 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 13 

general plan of each of two of the following works: 
(a) Reveries of a bachelor, (b) Backlog studies, (c) Auto- 
crat of the breakfast table, (d) Knickerbocker's history 
of New York. 

41. Write a critical account of the style and lit- 
erary merits of the poetry of Longfellow. 

42. Give the principal works of two of the following : 
(a) Warner, (b) Prescott, (c) Thoreau, (d) Louisa M. 
Alcott. 

LARS 

43. Discuss the literary merits of the poem. 

44. Give an account of the causes and results of 
the conflict between Lars and Per. 

45. Give a sketch of the story of Ruth. 

IF. June l8, 1896 

46. Give a sketch of the life and name the principal 
works of one of the following: (a) Franklin, (b) Poe, 
(c) Hawthorne. 

47. Give the author of each of the following works: 
(a) Old creole days, (b) Wake-robin, (c) Rise of Silas 
Lapham, (d) Old-town folks, (e) Ramona, (/) Pioneers, 
(g) Bitter-sweet, (h) Ben-Hur, (i) Society and solitude, 
(j) Nile notes of a howadji. 

48. Give a sketch of one of the following: (a) Snow- 
bound, (b) Hiawatha, (c) Vision of Sir Launfal. 

49. Name the principal poetic works (a) of Whit- 
tier; (b) of Holmes. 



14 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

50. Give a sketch of the life of James Fenimore 
Cooper. 

51. (a) Give a brief account of Irving's Knicker- 
bocker's history of New York, (b) State the principal 
characteristics of Irving's style. 

52. Give the principal works of two of the follow- 
ing: (a) Prescott, (6) Parkman, '(c) Thoreau, (d) 
Bryant. 

53. (a) Name Motley's principal works and (b) give 
the characteristics of his writings. 

54. Give the title of one work by each of the follow- 
ing: (a) Jonathan Edwards, (6) Roger Williams, 
(c) Increase Mather, (d) Cotton Mather, (e) Charles 
Brockden Brown, (/) John Trumbull, (g) Thomas 
Paine, (h) Alexander Hamilton, (i) J. R. Drake, 
(/) Fitz-Greene Halleck. 

55. (a) Give a sketch of the life of Longfellow, and 
(&) name his important works. 

56. Give a critical account of Lowell, (a) as a poet, 
and (6) as a prose writer. 

57. Write from memory three stanzas of Lowell's 
Present crisis, beginning 

"Then to side with Truth is noble." 
HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES 

58. Give an account of Alice Pyncheon. 

59. Describe the death of Judge Pyncheon. 

60. Give the story of Clifford. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 15 

V. September 24., l8g6 

61. (a) Give a sketch of the life of Benjamin Frank- 
lin, with (b) a brief account of his principal works. 

62-4. Give an account somewhat in detail of the 
life and works of your favorite American poet. 

65. Give a critical account of one of the works of 
Hawthorne. 

66-7. (a) Give a sketch of the life of Irving, with 
(b) a critical account of one of his works. 

68. Give a brief account of the (a) life and (b) works 
of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. 

69-70. Write from memory one of the following: 
(a) Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg, (6) Julia Ward 
Howe's Battle-hymn of the republic, (c) any three 
stanzas of Lowell's Present crisis, (d) the last para- 
graph of Webster's Reply to Hayne (beginning with, 
"I have not allowed myself, sir,"). 

71-2. Give an outline of the thought (a) of Bryant's 
Thanatopsis, or (b) of Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal. 

73-4. Give a sketch of one of the following: (a) 
Snow-bound, (6) Evangeline, (c) The raven. 

75. Give the author of each of the following works: 
(a) On compensation, (b) Ben-Hur, (c) Prue and I, 
(d) the Death of the flowers, (e) The reaper and the 
flowers, (/) Annabel Lee, (g) Among the hills, (h) the 
Last leaf, (i) the Courtin 1 , (j) the Gold bug. 



16 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

VI. January 28, l8gj 

76. Give a brief account of five American authors 
who wrote before the l9th century. 

77. (a) Give an outline of the thought of Bryant's 
Thanatopsis. (b) Is this a distinctively Christian 
poem? (c) Give the reason for your opinion. 

78. Give (a) a brief account of the life of Ralph 
Waldo Emerson, and a sketch (b) of On compensation 
or (c) of any one of his essays. 

79. Give a sketch of one of the following : (a) King 
Robert of Sicily, (b) Keramos, (c) Hiawatha, (d) the 
Courtship of Miles Standish. 

80. Give a sketch or an account of one of the fol- 
lowing : (a) Among the hills, (b) Ichabod, (c) the Eternal 
Goodness, (d) Mabel Martin. 

81. Name the author of each of the following works : 
(a) Over the teacups, (b) the Rise of Silas Lapham, 
(c) Morituri salutamus, (d) Little women, (e) Old Iron- 
sides, (/) Hail, Columbia, happy land, (g) America, 
(h) A man without a country, (i) Home, sweet home, 
(j) Among my books. 

82. Write from memory any three consecutive 
stanzas of (a) Lowell's Present crisis, or (b) Holmes's 
Old Ironsides. 

83. Name one work or more by each of the follow- 
ing authors: (a) Daniel Webster, (b) Bayard Taylor, 
(c) J. G. Holland, (d) Charles Dudley Warner, (e) 
George Bancroft, (/) F. Marion Crawford, (g) Fitz- 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 17 

Greene Halleck, (h) Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (i) Wil- 
liam H. Prescott, (/) John Lothrop Motley. 

84. Give an account of one of the following works : 
(a) the Marble faun, (b) the Scarlet letter, (c) Elsie 
Venner, (d) Ramona. 

85. Give the sketch of one of the following : (a) the 
Cathedral, (6) A fable for critics, (c) Democracy (an 
address), (d) the Vision of Sir Launfal. 

86. Give an account of one work by one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) William Dean Howells, (5) Henry David 
Thoreau, (c) James Fenimore Cooper, (d) F. Marion 
Crawford. 

IRVING' S ALHAMBRA 

87. (a) Give an account of the life of Washington 
Irving, (6) mentioning his works in their proper con- 
nection with facts of interest relating to their pro- 
duction. 

88. Describe in full the palace of the Alhambra 
and its situation. 

89. Give Irving' s account of Alhamar, the founder 
of the Alhambra. 

Or 

Give the legend of the Moor's legacy (the box of 
sandal-wood given by the dying Moor to the water- 
carrier, Peregil, who had befriended him) . 

90. Give an account of Irving' s farewell to Granada. 



18 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

VII. March 25, l8gj 

91. Write (a) a brief account of the life of Benjamin 
Franklin, with (6) some mention of his literary works. 

92. Give an account of the life of one of the follow- 
ing, mentioning his works in their proper connection 
and reciting briefly any facts of interest relating to, 
their production: (a) James Fenimore Cooper, (b) 
William H. Prescott, (c) Oliver Wendell Holmes. 

93. Give a descriptive account of one of the follow- 
ing : (a) The building of the ship, (b) Keramos, (c) any 
one of the tales told in Tales of a wayside inn. 

94. Write a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing : (a) the Vision of Sir Launfal, (b) Commemora- 
tion ode, (c) Democracy. 

95. Write a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing : (a) To a waterfowl, (b) the Death of the flowers, 
(c) the Antiquity of freedom, (d) the Planting of the 
apple-tree. 

96. Give an account of the life of one of the follow- 
ing, mentioning his works in their proper connection 
and reciting briefly any facts of interest relating to 
their production: (a) Irving, (b) Emerson, (c) Haw- 
thorne. 

97. Write a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing : (a) Bracebridge hall, (b) any one of Emerson's 
essays, (c) the Marble faun. 

98. Write from memory the first and the last 
stanza of Union and liberty by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 19 

99. Mention one work by each of the following 
•authors: (a) George William Curtis, (b) Edmund 
Clarence Stedman, (c) Donald G. Mitchell, (d) Ed- 
ward Everett Hale, (e) Francis S. Key, (/) Francis 
Parkman, (g) John Lothrop Motley, (h) John G. 
Saxe, (i) Helen Hunt Jackson, (j) Lew Wallace. 

Or 

Give the author of each of the following works: 
(k) Bracebridge hall, (I) Poor Richard's almanack , 
(m) the Old oaken bucket, (n) Woodman, spare that 
tree, (o) Hail, Columbia, happy land, (p) Drifting, 
(q) the Declaration of independence, (r) the Rise of 
the Dutch republic, (s) Walden, (t) Little Lord Faunt- 
leroy. 

100. Write a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing works: (a) Ramona, (b) The prince and the 
pauper, (c) Little women. 

101. Write a descriptive account of one work by 
one of the following: (a) Josiah Gilbert Holland, 
(b) Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (c) F. Marion Crawford, 
(d) William Dean Howells. 

102. Give a sketch of one of the following: (a) Sheri- 
dan's ride, (b) Marco Bozzaris. 

103. Give an account of Whittier's life, mention- 
ing his works in their proper connection and reciting 
briefly any facts of interest relating to their produc- 
tion. 



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whittier's tent on the beach 

104. Describe the plan or structure of the Tent on 
the beach, i. e. give the poet's method of putting to- 
gether the parts of this poem, mentioning as an illus- 
tration the poem in which Longfellow used a similar 
plan. 

105. Give in detail the story of The changeling. 

VIII. June ij, i8gy 

106. Give the name and state briefly the charac- 
ter of one work by each of the following authors: 
(a) Roger Williams, (b) Increase Mather, (c) Jonathan 
Edwards, (d) Benjamin Franklin, (e) Alexander 
Hamilton. 

107. Give a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Hiawatha, (b) Sella, (c) Mabel Martin,, 
(d) Under the willows, (e) Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

108. (a) Give the author and (6) describe the plan 
of the Tent on the beach, (c) Narrate one of the legends 
contained in it. 

109. Give a sketch of the life and mention the 
important works of one of the following: (a) William 
H. Prescott, (b) John Lothrop Motley, (c) Francis 
Parkman. 

110. Write a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Autocrat of the breakfast table, (6) Vision 
of Sir Launfal, (c) Snow-bound, id) A man without a 
country. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 21 

111. Write from memory the last two stanzas of 
Hail, Columbia, happy land! 

112. Write an account of one of the following, 
giving the plan, the author's method of treatment 
and an estimate of the literary merits: (a) Biglow 
papers, (b) Christus, (c) 'American scholar, (d) Knicker- 
bocker's history of New York. 

113. Give the author of each of the following works: 
(a) Ramona, (b) Ben-Hur, (c) Rise of Silas Lapham, 
(d) Friar Jerome's beautiful book, (e) Bitter-sweet, 
(/) Culprit fay, (g) Walden, (h) Lars, (i) Old Creole 
days, (j) Daisy Miller. 

114. Write on one of the following: (a) a descrip- 
tion of the Leather-stocking tales and a sketch of the 
story of one of them, (b) the life and works of Edgar 
Allan Poe, with a special account of the Raven, (c) the 
circumstances of publication, the story and the in- 
fluence of Uncle Tom's cabin. 

115. Give two works by each of the following 
authors: (a) Charles Dudley Warner, (6) Frances 
Hodgson Burnett, (c) Louisa M. Alcott, (d) George 
William Curtis, (e) Donald G. Mitchell. 

116. Give a brief sketch of the story of one of the 
following: (a) Pilot, (b) Hoosier schoolmaster, (c) Mr. 
Isaacs, (d) Arthur Bonnicastle, (e) John Godfrey's 
fortune, (/) Marble faun. 

117. Write a sketch of the life of Nathaniel Haw- 
thorne, mentioning his chief works in their proper 
connection with his life. 



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Hawthorne's mosses from an old manse 

118. Discuss the literary art shown in Mosses front 
an old manse, giving the chief characteristics of Haw- 
thorne's literary method and mentioning tales in 
which each of these characteristics is specially ex- 
hibited. 

119. Give a sketch of one of the following tales: 

(a) The birthmark, (b) The celestial railroad, (c) The 
artist of the beautiful. 

120. Tell the story of Roger Marvin's burial. 

IX. September JO, i8q 7 

121. Give a brief account of the (a) life and (6) liter- 
ary work of Benjamin Franklin. 

122. Give the name of one work by each of the 
following: (a) Thomas Jefferson, (b) Thomas Paine, 
(c) Jonathan Edwards, (d) George Washington, 
(e) Roger Williams. 

123. Give the conclusion of the Scarlet letter, and 
discuss this conclusion. 

124. Give a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Ramona, (b) Reply to Hayne, (c) A man 
without a country, (d) the Building of the ship. 

125. Give a sketch of the life and mention the 
important works of one of the following : (a) Parkman, 

(b) Bancroft, (c) Holmes. 

126. Write a descriptive sketch of one of the 
following: (a) Keramos, (b) the Vision of Sir Laun- 



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fat, (c) Mabel Martin, (d) The antiquity of free- 
dom. 

127. Give an account of one work by Charles 
Dudley Warner. 

128. Give the author of each of the following works: 
(a) Prue and I, (b) Lars, (c) Among my books, (d) 
Elsie Venner, (e) America, (/) Marco Bozzaris, (g) 
Sheridan's ride, (h) the Cathedral, (i) Bitter-sweet, 
(j) The gold bug. 

129. Give a brief account of one work by one of the 
following: (a) Harriet Beecher Stowe, (b) Louisa M. 
Alcott, (c) James Fenimore Cooper, (d) Bayard Taylor. 

130. (a) Describe the plan of the Tent on the beach, 
and (&) give in detail one of the stories contained in it. 

131. Give the title of one work by each of the fol- 
lowing: (a) John Lothrop Motley, (6) Samuel Wood- 
worth, (c) Ralph Waldo Emerson, (d) Benson J. 
Lossing, (e) Donald G. Mitchell, (/) T. B. Aldrich, 
(g) F. Marion Crawford, (h) Edmund Clarence Sted- 
man, (i) Lew Wallace, (j) Henry James, Jr. 

132. Write a sketch of the life of Washington 
Irving, mentioning his chief works in their proper 
connection with his life. 

133. Give a descriptive account of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) the Eternal goodness, (b) Hiawatha, (c) the 
Present crisis. 

134. Give a sketch of the life of William Cullen 
Bryant, mentioning his works in their proper con- 
nection. 



24 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

135. Give in detail the thought of Thanatopsis. 

X. January 2J, 1898 

136. Mention obstacles that prevented the earlier 
development of American literature. 

137. (a) Justify Longfellow's title as the people's 
poet of America. 

Or 
(b) Give an account of the life and mention the 
important works of one of the principal authors of 
either the colonial or the revolutionary period. 

138. Give an account of the life of one of the fol- 
lowing, mentioning his important works, and reciting 
briefly any facts of interest relating to their produc- 
tion : (a) Edgar Allan Poe, (b) George William Curtis, 

(c) Bayard Taylor, (d) Oliver Wendell Holmes, (e) 
James Russell Lowell. 

139. Give the title of a poem, essay or story by 
each of the following: (a) Henry D. Thoreau, (6) 
Thomas Buchanan Read, (c) Donald G. Mitchell, 

(d) S. L. Clemens, (e) T. B. Aldrich, (/) F. Marion 
Crawford, (g) John Howard Payne, (h) Samuel F. 
Smith, (i) Josiah Gilbert Holland, (j) William Dean 
Howells. 

140. Write a sketch of the story of one work by 
one of the following: (a) Lew Wallace, (6) Edward 
Everett Hale, (c) Charles Dudley Warner, (d) Helen 
Hunt Jackson. 

141. Account for the continued popularity of the 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 25 

following poems: (a) St. Nicholas, (6) Old oaken 
bucket. 

142. Compare the characteristics of Prescott's 
writings with those of Motley's writings. 

143. Write on one of Cooper's novels, giving briefly 
(a) the plan, (b) the author's method of treatment, 
and (c) an estimate of the literary merits. 

144. (a) State the characteristics of Poe's Tales 
of the grotesque and arabesque, and (6) give an account 
of one of these tales. 

145. Give an account of one of the following: 
(a) the Flood of years, (b) Uncle Torres cabin, (c) 
Oregon trail, (d) one of Emerson's essays. 

146. Mention (a) the most enjoyable book that 
you have ever read; (b) the most profitable book. 
Show how the plan and execution of each of the books 
mentioned contributed to the effect produced. 

147. Commencing with "The world will little 
note," quote from memory the last half of Lincoln's 
Address at Gettysburg. 

THE MARBLE FAUN 

148. Describe the character of Hilda, illustrating 
by references to the story the characteristics men- 
tioned. 

149. (a) Was Miriam to any extent morally re- 
sponsible for the death of her model? (6) Was she 
legally responsible? Justify your answer by what 
is said or implied in the text. 



26 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

150. State the two explanations of the moral of 
Donatello's story given to Hilda by Kenyon as re- 
corded in the concluding chapter. 



XL June 16, 

151. Write a sketch of the life of one of the follow- 
ing, mentioning his important works: (a) Jonathan 
Edwards, (b) Alexander Hamilton. 

152. Give the title of a poem, essay or story by 
each of the following: (a) N. P. Willis, (b) Lew Wal- 
lace, (c) Helen Jackson, (d) T. B. Aldrich, (e) Henry 
James, Jr., (/) Edwin P. Whipple, (g) Edmund C. 
Stedman, (h) Charles Dudley Warner, (i) John G. 
Whittier, (j) George William Curtis. 

153. Give an account of the contents of one of 
Webster's orations. 

154. Give the title (a) of a novel by William Dean 
Howells, and (b) of a novel by James Fenimore 
Cooper. State which you prefer and why. 

155. Sketch (a) the life of George Bancroft or (b) 
that of Benson J. Lossing, or (c) that of John Lothrop 
Motley, with mention of works and reasons for special 
prominence in the chosen field of authorship. 

156. Mention four writers that might be considered 
as forming a New England group. Give one distin- 
guishing characteristic of the work of each. 

157. Give two characteristics of Hawthorne's writ- 
ings, and explain these characteristics by illustrations 
drawn from his works. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 27 

158. Does Uncle Tom's cabin rank high in American 
literature because of literary merit or for other rea- 
sons? Justify your opinion. 

159. Give two characteristics of Poe's poetry, and 
explain these characteristics by illustrations drawn 
from his works. 

160. Quote the last stanza of the Present crisis, 
and write an interpretation of the stanza as bearing 
on the crisis that Lowell had in mind. 

161. Give a brief sketch of the story of one of the 
following : (a) Hoosier schoolmaster, (6) Arthur Bonni- 
castle, (c) Dr. Claudius, (d) Elsie Venner. 

162. Mention three writers (not mentioned on this 
paper) of short stories, with the title of one story by 
each. 

ESSAYS ON COMPENSATION AND SELF-RELIANCE 

163. Explain the following quotations from Emer- 
son's essay on Self-reliance: 

a A man should learn to detect and watch that 

gleam of light which flashes across his mind 

from within, more than the lustre of the 

firmament of bards and sages. . 
b A man is to carry himself in the presence of 

all opposition as if everything were titular 

and ephemeral but he. 
c I ask primary evidence that you are a man, 

and refuse this appeal from the man to his 

actions. 



28 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

164. State the trend of Emerson's thought in the 
essay on Compensation. Cite illustrations of your 
statements. 

165. Explain in detail Emerson's position in the 
essay on Self-reliance, with reference to the popular 
call for consistency. 

XII. September 29, 1898 

166. Give the name and state briefly the character 
of one work by each of the following: (a) John G. 
Saxe, (b) Bayard Taylor, (c) S. L. Clemens, (d) Henry 
James, Jr., (e) Louisa M. Alcott. 

167. Give a brief sketch of the story of one of the 
following: (a) Reveries of a bachelor, (b) Conquest of 
Mexico, (c) Tales of a wayside inn, (d) Walden. 

168. Mention three writers of the colonial period 
and point out briefly the manner in which each illus- 
trates one of the characteristics of that period. 

169. Topic: The Federalist. Give the (a) writers, 
(b) contents and (c) reasons for influence. 

170. Write a short paper on one of the following: 
(a) The liberator, (b) Uncle Tom's cabin, (c) the rise 
of the Atlantic monthly magazine. 

171. Mention three American writers of dialect, 
give the title of a work of each and state the particu- 
lar section whose dialect is portrayed. 

172. Topic : The Biglow papers. Give the (a) con- 
tents, (6) style, (c) purpose and (d) causes of popu- 
larity. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 29 

173. Select the American poet whose work you 
would rank first in respect to artistic qualities, and 
give three reasons for your choice. 

174. Sketch the life of (a) Edgar A. Poe, or (b) Wil- 
liam C. Bryant, or (c) Sidney Lanier. 

175. Write on Brook Farm and the transcenden- 
talists. 

176. (a) Mention the names of three great American 
debaters or orators, (6) giving a short sketch of the 
life of one of them. 

177. (a) Give the names of three American novelists 
with the title of one work by each, excluding dialect 
stories. (6) State which of the three novels you 
prefer, with reasons for your preference. 

178. Write a sketch of Washington Irving, men- 
tioning his chief works in their proper connection 
with his life. 

179. Mention three writers of poetry who have 
drawn material from American life, giving the titles 
of the poems and the character of the material used. 

180. Quote four sentences from the Address at 
Gettysburg, and state (a) its author, (b) the occasion 
of its delivery. 

XIII. January 26, l8gg 

181. State and account for the character of the 
writings of (a) the colonial period, (b) the revolu- 
tionary period. Give the title and author of one 
work under each period. 



30 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

182. Give the author of each of the following works : 

(a) Hannah Thurston, (b) Representative men, (c) Star- 
spangled banner, (d) The spy, (e) Tales of the grotesque 
and arabesque, (/) Walden, (g) The prince of India, 
(h) America, (i) Potiphar papers, (j) The chambered 
nautilus. 

183. Give a sketch of the life of Whittier, men- 
tioning his works in their proper connection with 
his life. 

184. Mention a work by one of the following, and 
give a brief sketch of it: (a) Harriet Beecher Stowe, 

(b) Richard Harding Davis, (c) George W. Cable, 

(d) Frank R. Stockton, (e) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 

185. Explain the meaning of the following: Irving 
was the first ambassador whom the new world of 
letters sent to the old. 

186. State what authors have written respectively 
under the following names: (a) Ik Marvel, (b) Died- 
rich Knickerbocker, (c) Timothy Titcomb, (d) H. H,, 

(e) Mark Twain. 

Or 
(/) Mention three famous American translators, 
and discuss a translation by one of them. 

187. Give an account of one of the following, re- 
citing facts of interest relating to its production: 
(a) The raven, (b) Biglow papers, (c) First Bunker Hill 
oration, (d) Commemoration ode. 

188. Mention a representative writer of (a) the 
far west, (6) the middle west, (c) the south, (d) New 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 31 

England, (e) New York. Give the title of a work of 
each writer mentioned. 

189. Write a sketch of the life of one of the follow- 
ing, mentioning his important works: (a) Benjamin 
Franklin, (b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (c) Fran- 
cis Parkman. 

190. Give the title of the poem containing the fol- 
lowing verses and continue the quotation to the close 
of the stanza: 

Then the Master in his place 
Bowed his head a little space, 
And the leaves by soft airs stirred, 

191. (a) Mention three noted American writers who 
lived in Concord, Mass. (6) Give a sketch of the life 
of one of these writers. 

192. Give the author and title of the book in which 
each of five of the following characters appears: 
(a) Paul Fleming, (6) Penelope Lapham, (c) Ching- 
achgook, (d) Jo March, (e) Felipe Moreno, (/) Noko- 
mis, (g) Titbottom, (h) Katrina Van Tassel, (i) Ga- 
briel Lajeunesse. 

BEN-HUR 

193. Describe the circumstances under which 
Ben-Hur was freed from the galleys. 

194. (a) State the cause of Ben-Hur's hatred of 
Messala and his revenge. (5) Was the revenge greater 
or less than the injury? Explain. 

195. (a) What was Ben-Hur's first understanding 



32 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

of the mission of Jesus? (6) In what respect did 
he change his opinion at a later time? 

XIV. March 30, l8og 

196. Justify Franklin's claim to the title — the 
many-sided Franklin. 

197. Write a sketch of a story in one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Tales of a traveller, (b) Alhambra, (c) Sketch- 
book. 

198. Give the author of each of the following : (a) 
Dream life, (b) Elsie Venner, (c) Hyperion, (d) Among 
my books, (e) Little men, (/) My summer in a garden, (g) 
Declaration of independence, (h) Marjorie Daw, (i) In- 
quiry into the freedom of the will, (j) Blithedale romance. 

199. Give the names of five American historians, 
and mention the title of a work by each. 

200. Give a sketch of the life of Oliver Wendell 
Holmes, touching on his work as physician, poet and 
prose writer. 

201. Describe the Brook Farm experiment and, 
mention three prominent writers who were interested 
in it. 

202. Give the titles of two poems by each of the 
following : Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Poe, Holmes. 

203. Mention four American women prominent 
as authors and sketch the life of one of them. 

204. Give a sketch of the life of one of the following, 
showing the influence of the author's life on his works: 
{a) Thoreau, (b) Cooper, (c) Irving. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 33 

205. Write on one of the following topics : (a) liter- 
ature of the colonial period, (6) life of Emerson, (c) 
patriotic poems in American literature. 

206. Mention (a) three works in which Indians are 
leading characters; (b) one in which Puritans are lead- 
ing characters; (c) one in which Quakers are leading 
characters. Give the author of each work mentioned. 

207. Give the author and title of the work from 
which each of three of the following quotations is 
taken : 

a And what is so rare as a day in June? 
Then, if ever, come perfect days. 

b How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood r 
When fond recollection presents them to view. 

c To him who in the love of nature holds 

Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 
A various language. 

d Tell me not, in mournful numbers, 
Life is but an empty dream! 

e For of all sad words of tongue or pen, 

The saddest are these: "It might have been!" 

208. Write a sketch of a leading character in one 
of the following works : (a) Little women, (b) Prue and 
I, (c) House of the seven gables, (d) Little Lord Faunt- 
leroy. 

209. Give an account of the literary work of each 
of two of the following: (a) Edwin P. Whipple, (6) 
George William Curtis, (c) Bayard Taylor, (d) Richard 
Grant White. 



34 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

210. Write from memory the last two stanzas of 
Lowell's To the past. 

XV. June 75, i8gg 

211. (a) Describe the conditions that hindered the 
production of literature in the colonial period. (6) 
Give an account of the works of one of the important 
writers of this period. 

212. (a) Mention three noted American writers who 
were born in New York state. (6) Sketch the life of 
one of these writers. 

213. Give the title of an essay, a story or a poem 
by each of the following: (a) John G. Saxe, (b) Ben- 
jamin Franklin, (c) Ralph Waldo Emerson, (d) Ed- 
ward E. Hale, (e) Josiah Gilbert Holland, (/) John 
Howard Payne, (g) Abraham Lincoln, (h) George P. 
Morris, (i) Richard Henry Dana, (j) Edgar Allan 
Poe. 

214. Write a sketch of a work by one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Donald G. Mitchell, (6) Henry D. Thoreau, 
(c) John G. Whittier. 

215. Give the author and title of (a) a story for 
children, (6) a poem for children, (c) a story of the 
sea, (d) a story of Dutch life, (e) a story of Italian 
life. 

216. (a) Give a sketch of the life of Longfellow, 
and (b) account for the popularity of his poetry. 

217. Describe the circumstances on which two of 
the following poems were based: (a) Sheridan's ride. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 35 

(b) Paul Revere's ride, (c) Nathan Hale, (d) Old Iron- 
sides, (e) Present crisis. 

218. Write a sketch of a leading character in one 
•of the following works: (a) Marble faun, (b) Elsie 
Venner, (c) Courtship of Miles Standish, (d) Ramona. 

219. Mention, with title of work, one American 
historian who has written on each of the following: 
(a) United States, (&) American revolution, (c) Spain, 
(d) Holland, (e) French in America. 

220. Write on one of the following topics : (a) Ameri- 
can professional humorists, (6) American writers of 
dialect, (c) American literary critics. 

221. Give the author and title of the work in which 
each of five of the following characters appears: 
(a) Pizarro, (&) Aurelia, (c) Aunt Tabithy, (d) Phoebe 
Pyncheon, (e) Messala, (/) Polly Milton, (g) Miss 
Ophelia, (h) Hawkeye, (i) Judith Gardenier. 

222. Write from memory 10 lines of Lowell's Vision 
•of Sir Launfal, beginning with 

Earth gets its price for what earth gives us . . . 



ASTORIA AND BACKLOG STUDIES 

223. (a) Mention the circumstances under which 
Irving wrote Astoria, (b) Describe the traffic of the 
Indians with the white men. 

Or 
(c) Give an account of what Warner says regarding 



36 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

a New England winter and the influence of the winds 
on temperament. 

224. (a) Relate the circumstances that led to the 
destruction of the Tonquin. 

Or 
(b) Describe Mandeville's dream. 

225. (a) Give an account of the experiences of Mr. 
Hunt's party with the Crow Indians in the Rocky 
mountains. 

Or 
(b) Give, from Backlog studies, an account of the 
discussion concerning newspapers. 

XVI. September 28, 18QQ 

226. Mention three writers of the colonial period; 
two writers of the revolutionary period. Give the 
title of a work of each. 

227. Give the author of each of the following:, 
(a) Poor Richard's almanac, (b) Victorian poets r 
(c) Biglow papers, (d) Old town folks, (e) St. Nicholas r 
(/) The wonderful u One-hoss shay," (g) Astoria r 
(h) Annabel Lee, (i) The Scarlet letter, (j) Arthur Bon- 
nicastle. 

228. (a) Sketch the life of Webster, and (b) show 
his influence on American thought. 

229. Mention the class of works for which each of 
the following is specially noted, and give the title of 
an important work of each: (a) Edwin P. Whipple^ 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 37 

(b) John T. Trowbridge, (c) Francis Parkman, (d) 
Ralph Waldo Emerson, (e) John G. Saxe. 

230. Mention four American athors who derived 
material for their writings from foreign travel. Illus- 
trate by a work of each. 

231. Give a sketch of one of the following: (a) 
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, (b) Vision of Sir Launfal, 

(c) The man without a country. 

232. Mention two works by each of the following 
authors: (a) Donald G. Mitchell, (b) Henry D. Tho- 
reau, (c) Henry James, Jr., (d) S. L. Clemens, (e) Wil- 
liam Cullen Bryant. 

233. Write a sketch of a leading character in one 
of the following works : (a) Evangeline, (b) Last of the 
Mohicans, (c) Ben-Hur. 

234. Give an account of the literary work of two 
of the following: (a) Margaret Fuller, (b) Louisa M. 
Alcott, (c) Frances H. Burnett. 

235. Give a sketch of the life and character of 
Whittier. 

236. (a) Mention, with authors, two American novels 
treating of some public question, (b) State the ques- 
tion discussed by each and describe its treatment. 

237. Write on one of the following: (a) eminent 
American historians, (b) life and works of George 
William Curtis, (c) prominent American writers of 
to-day. 

238. (a) Sketch the character of Irving and (b) give 
the chief features of his style. 



38 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

239. Give the author and sketch the general plan 
of each of two of the following: (a) Backlog studies T 
(b) Tales of a wayside inn, (c) Autocrat of the breakfast 
table, (d) Sketch-book. 

240. Give the author of each of the following poems, 
and write one stanza of any one of them: (a) Home, 
sweet home, (b) Union and liberty, (c) America, (d) 
Battle-hymn of the republic. 

XVII. January 25, IQOO 

241. Write an account of the life and works of one 
of the following: (a) Cotton Mather, (&) David Ram- 
say, (c) Alexander Hamilton. 

242. Contrast Jonathan Edwards with Benjamin 
Franklin as to (a) early life, (b) writings. 

243. Give the author of (a) Ben-Hur, (b) Woodman r 
spare that tree, (c) Prue and I, (d) Old oaken bucket, 
(e) To a waterfowl, (/) Ingham papers, (g) Proud Miss 
McBride, (h) Portrait of a lady, (i) Story of a bad boy, 
(j) Conspiracy of Pontiac. 

244. Mention five poems written to commemorate 
some special occasion, and give the author of 
each. 

245. Mention two works by each of the following: 
(a) Motley, (b) Poe/(c) Thoreau, {d) Charles Dudley 
Warner, (e) Bayard Taylor. 

246. Write a sketch of a leading character in one 
of the following: (a) Uncle Tom's cabin, (b) Snow- 
bound, (c) That lass o' Lowrie's. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 39 

247. (a) Sketch the life of Emerson, and (6) men- 
tion two of his principal works. 

248. Mention three American authors who have 
written under fictitious names, giving the fictitious 
name of each. Mention a work by each of these 
authors. 

249. Mention the class of works for which each of 
the following is specially noted, and give the title of 
an important work of each: (a) Daniel Webster, 
(6) William H. Prescott, (c) Richard Grant White, 
(d) William Dean Ho wells, (e) John T. Trowbridge. 

250. Write from memory the stanza of Whittier's 
Prayer of Agassiz beginning with 

Even the careless heart was moved, 

251. Write a sketch of a work by one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Longfellow, (6) Holmes, (c) Richard Henry 
Dana, (d) Bret Harte. 

252. Give the authors and titles of the works in 
which five of the following characters appear : (a) Don- 
atello, (b) Clifford Pyncheon, (c) Professor Bhaer, 
(d) Nicholas Vedder, (e) Bernard Langdon, (/) John 
Alden, (g) Corona d'Astrardente, (h) Mandeville, 
(i) Rene Leblanc. 

LAST OF THE MOHICANS 

253. Give the circumstances attending the meeting 
of Hey ward and his companions with Hawkeye and 
the Mohicans. 



40 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

254. (a) Describe and illustrate the treatment of 
David Gamut by the Indians, (6) Give the reason 
for this treatment. 

255. Give a description of the assemblage of the 
Delawares presided over by Tamenund. 

XVIII. June I /J., I OOO 

256. (a) Sketch the development of American 
literature during the colonial period, (b) Mention 
two writers of this period, giving the title of a work 
of each. 

257. Give the author of each of the following: 
(a) Roughing it, (6) Alhambra, (c) Prince of India, 

(d) Nile notes of a Howadji, {e) My study windows, 
(/) Nathan Hale, (g) Mosses from an old manse, (h) 
Saracinesca, ii) Psalm of life, (j) Tent on the beach. 

258. Mention the class of works for which each of 
the following is specially noted, and give the title of 
a work of each: (a) Lossing, (b) Thoreau, (c) Henry 
James, (d) Daniel Webster, (e) Saxe. 

259. Mention two works by each of the following: 

(a) Emerson, (b) Aldrich, (c) Holland, (d) Howells, 

(e) Hale. 

260. (a) Give a sketch of the life of Bryant and 

(b) mention two of his principal works. 

261. Give an account of two of the following 
authors: (a) Theodore Parker, (b) Margaret Fuller, 

(c) Richard Grant White, (d) Charles Dudley Warner. 

262. From each of two of the following works select 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 41 

a character and show how each of the characters 
selected is connected with the plot: (a) Last of the 
Mohicans, (b) House of the seven gables, (c) Ben-Hur, 
(d) Elsie Venner. 

263. Write a sketch of one of the following works: 
(a) Hiawatha, (b) Legend of Sleepy Hollow, (c) Snow- 
bound. 

264. Give an account of the life and literary work 
of one of the following: (a) Bancroft, (b) Prescott, 
(c) Motley. 

265. Write on one of the following topics: (a) liter- 
ature of the revolutionary period, (b) Brook Farm 
experiment, (c) noted women authors in American 
literature. 

266. Write from memory the first two stanzas of 
Lowell's To the past. 

267. Give the author and title of the poem from 
which each of the following quotations is taken: 

a Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night. 

b Strike! — till the last arm'd foe expires; 
Strike! — for your altars and your fires; 
Strike! — for the green graves of your sires; 
God, and your native land! 

c 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, 
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. 

d Aye, tear her tattered ensign down! 
Long has it waved on high, 
And many an eye has danced to see 
That banner in the sky. 



42 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

e New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient 
good uncouth: 
They must upward still, and onward, who would keep 
abreast of truth. 

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN 

268. (a) Outline the plan of Tales of a wayside inn. 
Describe two of the following characters: (6) musi- 
cian, (c) poet, id) student, (e) Jew. 

269. Give a sketch of one of the following tales: 
(a) Paul Revere' s ride, (b) the Bell of Atri, (c) Eliza- 
beth, (d) the Monk of Casal-Maggiore. 

270. Give the story of the Birds of Killingworth, 
and explain its meaning. 

XIX. January 2$, igoi 

271. Write on one of the following topics: (a) edu- 
cation in colonial times, (b) orators and statesmen 
in the revolutionary period. 

272. Mention the class of works for which each of 
the following is specially noted, and give the title of 
a work of each : (a) Cotton Mather, (b) Charles Dudley 
Warner, (c) John Lothrop Motley, (d) Benjamin 
Franklin, (e) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

273. Give a sketch of the life and literary work of 
Longfellow. 

274. Mention two works by each of the following: 
(a) John Burroughs, (b) Oliver Wendell Holmes, 
(c) Thoreau, (d) Irving, (e) Lew Wallace. 

275. (a) Show the influence of the times on the 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 43 

writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe. (6) Mention 
three contemporary writers, and the title of a work 
of each. 

276. Write a sketch of a work of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Donald G. Mitchell, (b) Bryant, (c) 
Lowell. 

277. (a) Mention three writers of short stories, and 
the name of a short story by each, (b) Give a sketch 
of one of the stories mentioned. 

278. Give an account of two of the following 
authors: (a) Parkman, (b) Bryant, (c) Webster, 

(d) Lincoln. 

279. Sketch a leading character in one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Lars, (b) Last of the Mohicans, (c) House 
of the seven gables. 

280. Select 10 of the following works, and mention 
the author of each: (a) Poor Richard's almanac, 
(b) The bells, (c) Marco Bozzaris, (d) Snow-bound, 

(e) Potiphar papers, (/) Hannah Thurston, (g) Con- 
quest of Peru, (h) Two years before the mast, (i) Hoosier 
schoolmaster, (k) A woman's reason, (I) Choir invisible, 
(m) Prophet of the Great Smoky mountain, (n) Honor- 
able Peter Stirling, (o) Soldiers of fortune, (p) Old- 
fashioned girl. 

XX. June 21, igoi 

281. Describe the literature of colonial times, and 
show how it was affected by the life of the colo- 
nists. 



44 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

282. Give a sketch of the life and works of Washing- 
ton Irving. 

283. (a) Give an account of the Brook Farm ex- 
periment, and (b) explain its influence on litera- 
ture. 

284. Show how the character and life of one of the 
following writers are reflected in his works: (a) Poe, 
(b) Lowell, (c) Whittier. 

285. Mention (a) two humorists, (b) two writers of 
dialect stories, (c) one translator. Give the title of a 
work of each. 

286. State some interesting facts concerning two 
of the following authors: (a) John Burroughs, (6) 
James Fenimore Cooper, (c) Daniel Webster. 

287. Write a sketch of a work of one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Holmes, (6) Aldrich, (c) Louisa M. Alcott. 

288. Give an outline of a story from Hawthorne's 
Twice told tales. 

289. Sketch a leading character in one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Snow-bound, (b) Courtship of Miles Stan- 
dish, (c) Reveries of a bachelor. 

290. Select 10 of the following authors, and men- 
tion a work of each author selected: (a) Harriet 
Beecher Stowe, (b) Prescott, (c) Bryant, (d) Charles 
Dudley Warner, (e) Howells, (/) Parkman, (g) George 
William Curtis, (h) Holland, (i) Whitman, (k) Stock- 
ton, (I) Saxe, (m) Trowbridge, (n) Lanier, (o) Emer- 
son, (p) Helen Hunt Jackson. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 45 

XXI. January 31, IQ02 

291. (a) Mention and describe one of Alexander 
Hamilton's contributions to American literature, 
and (b) explain why it was written. 

292. (a) Mention the sources from which Irving ob- 
tained thfe material for the Sketch-book, and (b) state 
why, in your opinion, this book still retains its charm. 

293. "The ethical motive is very strong in Haw- 
thorne's work." 

Prove the above statement by reference to Haw- 
thorne's writings. 

294. (a) Sketch the life of Holmes, (b) showing the 
departments of literature in which he was successful, 
and mentioning a work in each department. 

295. (a) Mention the influences that resulted in the 
Brook Farm experiment, and (b) state the purpose of 
this experiment. 

296. Compare the poetry of Longfellow with that 
of Whittier, mentioning points of similarity and 
difference. 

297. Give a sketch of the life of Bryant, showing 
the influence exerted by him in at least two fields of 
literature. 

298. Write a sketch of a work by one of the follow- 
ing : (a) Lowell, (6) Harriet Beecher Stowe, (c) Bayard 
Taylor. 

299. (a) Mention three prominent writers of short 
stories, and give the title of a short story by each. 



46 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(6) State, with reference to one of the stories men- 
tioned, the characteristics that make it successful. 

300. Mention -five well-known essayists living at 
the present time, and give the title of a work of each. 

XXII. June 20, IQ02 

301. What were the most important classes of 
literature previous to the Revolution? Explain. 

302. (a) State the importance of Franklin in liter- 
ature, (b) Show the relation between his political 
and his literary life. 

303. (a) Show how the literary work of Irving was 
an advance on any previous American work, (b) Ex- 
plain why his writings were so universally popular 
at the time. 

304. Irving says that Cooper has left a place in 
literature not easily supplied. Contradict or defend 
this statement, giving reasons for your position. 

305. (a) What is meant by the Concord school of 
philosophy? (6) State its purpose and its influence. 

306. Write on one of the following: (a) literature 
at the time of the Civil War, (6) historians of the 19th 
century, (c) character of Longfellow's poetry. 

307. Compare Bryant's descriptions of nature with 
those of Whittier, bringing out points of similarity 
and difference. 

308. Write a sketch of the life of Bayard Taylor, 
touching on his work as (a) poet, (6) novelist, and 
(c) translator. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 47 

309. Characterize briefly the writings of three of 
the following: (a) Holland, (6) Whitman, (c) Lanier, 
(d) Burroughs, (e) Helen Hunt Jackson, (/) Bret 
Harte. 

310. Mention five prominent writers of the present 
time (not found on this paper). State the class of 
works for which each writer mentioned is noted, and 
give the title of a work of each. 

XXIII. January JO, IQOJ 

311. Contrast the literary polish of early American 
writings with that of early English writings, and 
account for the difference. 

312. Show how the early conditions in New Eng- 
land, more than those in Virginia, favored the pro- 
duction of literature and the growth of culture. 

313. (a) State the effects of the introduction of 
printing and its relation to the development of liter- 
ature in America, (b) Mention some of the earliest 
books and periodicals published in America. 

314. (a) Give a sketch of the life of the author who 
was the first American to make literature a profession, 
and (b) mention three of his most important works. 

315. (a) State the conditions that influenced the 
oratory of the early 19th century, and (b) mention 
four great orators of that period. 

316. Write a sketch of a work by one of the follow- 
ing: (a) Louisa M. Alcott, (6) Lew Wallace, (c) James 
Fenimore Cooper. 



48 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

317. It is said that Hawthorne uses his characters 
like algebraic symbols to work out certain problems; 
they are rather more, yet rather less, than flesh and 
blood. 

Prove the truth of the above statement by refer- 
ences to Hawthorne's writings. 

318. (a) Give an account of the movement known 
as Transcendentalism, showing its effect on literature. 
(b) Mention the leaders of this movement. 

319. Contrast the works of Whittier with those of 
the rest of the New England group of poets, so as to 
show the influence of Whittier' s early life on his 
works. 

320. Select 10 of the following works, and mention 
the author of each one selected: (a) Freedom of the 
Will j (b) The Grandissimes, (c) Conquest of Peru, 
(d) Ramona, (e) Oregon Trail, (/) The Old Gentleman 
of the Black Stock, (g) The Maine Woods, (h) A Chance 
Acquaintance, (i) Via Crucis, (k) The Lady or the 
Tiger, (I) The Minister's Wooing, (m) Prince and the 
Pauper, in) In His Name, (o) Sheridan's Ride, (p) 
Lars. 

XXI V. June ig, IQ03 

321. Show the relation of American literature U 
English literature in (a) the early 17th century, 
(b) the 19th century. Explain. 

322. Show the influence of the following on the 
life and works of Cotton Mather: (a) ancestry, (b) 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 49 

spirit of the times. Give a sketch of his most impor- 
tant work. 

323. Write on one of the following: (a) literature 
of the Revolutionary period, (6) eminent American 
orators, (c) noted women authors in American liter- 
ature. 

324. (a) Mention the principal writings of Irving 
and (b) show the connection between his life and 
these writings. 

325. (a) Give the author and title of the romance 
which tells the story of the Brook Farm experiment. 
(6) Write a short sketch of this romance. 

326. "With God's help he thougnt for himself, he 
said earnestly what he thought — no more, no less 
— and he did exactly what he said." 

Show how the above quotation applies to Whit- 
tier's life and works. 

327. Give the characteristics of Poe's tales, illus- 
trating by references to incidents in the tales. 

328. Give the author and title of (a) a romance, 
(6) a poem, (c) a history, and (d) a novel in which the 
Indian is depicted. 

329. Mention five important writers who contrib- 
uted to the cause of abolition, giving a work of each. 

330. Select 10 of the following works and mention 
the author of each one selected: (a) History of Ply- 
mouth Plantation, (b) Representative Men, (c) Nile 
Notes of a Howadji, (d) Bitter-sweet, (e) Walden, (/) 
The Prince of India, (g) Hugh Wynne, (h) The Story 



50 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

of Kennett, (i) Backlog Studies, (k) The Ruling Pas- 
sion, (I) England Without and Within, (m) Marco 
Bozzaris, (n) The Strenuous Life, (o) The Age of Rea- 
son, (p) In the Palace of the King. 

331. Give three conclusions about the thought and 
life of Colonial times that may be drawn from Co- 
lonial literature. Explain or defend these conclu- 
sions. 

XX V. January 2Q, IQO/J. 

332. (a) Give an account of the writings of William 
Bradford and Anne Bradstreet, and (b) show how 
their writings differ from similar writings of the 19th 
century. 

333. Explain in detail why the Revolutionary 
period was unfavorable to the production of liter- 
ature. 

334. Show why England was interested in Irving 
and his works. 

335. Mention three poems written to commemorate 
some special occasion. State the occasion for which 
each poem was written and give a sketch of one of 
them. 

336. Give three reasons to show why Bryant's 
writings, so popular during his life, are comparatively 
little read to-day. 

337. Mention (a) a journalist, (h) a novelist, and 
(c) a poet who advocated the cause of abolition. 
Show how each contributed to this cause. 



AMERICAN LITERATURE 51 

338. State the class of works for which each of the 
following is noted and give a sketch of a work by one 
of them : (a) Henry David Thoreau, (b) Francis Park- 
man, (c) Helen Hunt Jackson. 

339. Show how (a) satire, (b) pathos, and (c) humor 
are brought out in the writings of Holmes, and illus- 
trate by references to his works. 

340. Select 10 of the following authors, and men- 
tion a work by each one selected: (a) Jonathan 
Edwards, (b) William Ellery Channing, (c) Josiah Gil- 
bert Holland, (d) Edward Everett Hale, (e) Louisa 
May Alcott, (/) Thomas Buchanan Read, (g) Ralph 
Waldo Emerson, (h) Donald Grant Mitchell, (i) John 
Hay, (k) William Dean Howells, (I) Henry Van Dyke, 
(m) S. Weir Mitchell, in) Captain Charles King, (o) 
Mary Mapes Dodge, (p) Kate Douglas Wiggin. 

XXVI. June IJ, 1904. 

341. State two particulars in which the character of 
the colonists affected colonial literature, discussing 
each with some fulnsss. 

342. Contrast the life of Jonathan Edwards with 
the life of Benjamin Franklin. 

343. Mention works of the Revolutionary period 
(a) that show the patriotic spirit of the day, (6) that 
deal with the new problems of the day. Give reasons 
for your selection. 

344. (a) Mention three characteristics of Poe's writ- 
ings, and (6) account for his popularity as a writer. 



52 REGENTS QUESTIONS 

345. (a) Mention three writers of dialect, each 
representing a different section of the country, (b) 
State in each case the particular section represented 
and give the title of a work of each. 

346. (a) Mention three noted American writers 
whose lives and works are associated with New York 
State. (6) Write a sketch of the life of one of them. 

347. Write a sketch of a leading character in one 
of the following : (a) Courtship of Miles Standish, 
(&) House of the Seven Gables, (c) Lars. 

348. (a) Mention the names of three great orators, 
and (b) give a sketch of the life of one of them. 

349. Give the real names of five of the authors 
designated in the following list : (a) Diedrich Knicker- 
bocker, (b) Hasea Biglow, (c) H. H., (d) Mark Twain, 
(e) Artemus Ward, (/) Charles Egbert Craddock, 
(g) Ik Marvel, (h) Fanny Fern, (i) Marion Harland, 
(k) Gail Hamilton. Give the title of a work of each 
one selected. 

350. Write on one of the following: (a) The Brook. 
Farm experiment, (b) The literature of the South 
before the Civil War as compared with its literature 
since the Civil War, (c) American humorists. 



-STANDARD TEACHERS' LIBRARY, Nos. 50, 62, 74- 



Bardeen's Authors' Birthday Exercises 


Three series of these exercises have been published, giving sketches of 


the following authors : 






Month 1st Series 


2d Series 


3d Series 


Jan. Poe 


B. Taylor 


Franklin 


Feb. Longfellow * 


Lowell * 


Curtis 


Mch. T. B. Read 


Howells 


Whipple 


Apr. Irving 


Motley 


Mitchell 


May Whitman 


Emerson* 


Prescott 


June H. B. Stowe 


Saxe 


Celia Thaxter 


July Hawthorne * 


Thoreau 


Stoddard 


Aug. Holmes* 


E. S. Phelps-Ward 


Bret Harte 


Sept. Cooper 


Park man 


Winthrop 


Oct. Bancroft 


Cable 


Stedman 


Nov. Bryant * 


Aldrich 


Mark Twain 


Dec. Whittier 


J. C. Harris 


Higginson 



* Fine life-size bust portraits of those starred sent post-paid at $1.00 each. 

These books were written with a single purpose — to furnish public ex- 
ercises to be used in schools, each of which shajl make upon every pupil 
present a lasting impression of the author named, his life, his character, 
his writings, and his distinctive place in literature. That they have served 
this purpose in hundreds of schools the letters that come to us from every 
direction testify. They also afford a desirable side-help for literature 
classes. They contain a great many illustrations, and 90 different portraits 
of 79 different authors. 

" Mr. Bardeen's book, ' Authors' Birthdays ', third series, is inimitable. 
There is but one Bardeen in American biography. He discovers and dis- 
closes a new charm in the authors whose birthdays he celebrates with his 
appreciative characterizations. Every teacher who appreciates the oppor- 
tunities of life should read these books."— Public School Journal. 

" The book will not only prove useful to the teacher in her work, but it 
is both interesting and inspiring in itself, full of delightful selections, happy 
anecdotes, and the thoughtful estimates of a man of sound literary judg- 
ment and broad sympathy. "—Popular Educator. 

" Readers who are acquainted with the first two groups will remember 
that Mr. Bardeen knows how to tell what has pleased him. Others may feel 
assured that they will find here a large collection of delightful biography, 
anecdote, and extracts, presented in an easy, delightful way." — Inland 
Educator. 

" No form of school-book is better calculated to develop character than 
biography. C. W. Bardeen is out with a new volume of Authors' Birthdays. 
* * * The treatment is critical as well as biographical, the style lively, 
simple, and entertaining. Many small half-tone portraits add life to the 
pages. The book will form a worthy addition to the libraries of young folks, 
and prove also a useful help to teachers and parents. " — Sunday School Times. 

16mo, pp. 359, 459, 367. Each Series in manilla, 50 cts.; id 
cloth, 81.00. 



OPINIONS OF BARDEEN S AUTHORS BIRTHDAYS 

" The work is well done. "— Literary World. 

" Each paper serves as a pleasant memorial of the author's birthday 
It is tastefully printed and illustrated." — The Congregationalist. 

" Anecdotes, biographical sketches, critical estimates, and well-chosen 
extracts help to make a book that many teachers will find helpful and prac- 
tical."— Inland Educator. 

" We find here very clearly written sketches of the lives of the above- 
named authors, a characterization of their works, and choice selections 
from their writings. They make a very pleasant way of studying American 
literature."— School Board Journal. 

" Brother Bardeen's ' Authors' Birthday Exercises ' have long been one 
of the most interesting and valuable features of the Bulletin. His judg- 
ments have usually been just, his insight keen and appreciative, and his 
literary perspective true. "— Florida School Exponent. 

" I appreciate the book very highly. The fact is, the title of the book 
is no key to its wonderful merits. I have never seen a biography or criti- 
cism that made such a vivid picture of the subject. I read nearly all the 
book at We sitting, and for days afterward I felt as if the whole group had 
just entertained me, each in his own way." — J. P. Matthews, President 
Piedmont Normal College, Va. 

" The biographical and critical sketches touch succinctly all important 
points of the author's life, character, writings, style, and position in liter- 
ature. Numerous short quotations from his writings are given to substan- 
tiate the statements and criticisms, and with each name is given a list of 
references to his works and to writings about him. The criticism is gener- 
ally fair, unbiased, and frank, — and the broad, all-round presentation of the 
subject in brief space is highly to be commended." — American Primary 
Teacher. 

" It is a book containing short sketches of 12 of our most gifted authors^ 
together with a minute and entertaining analysis of their character and 
style, and of the influences which were instrumental in shaping their des- 
tinies. It is presented in such a form as to make entertaining as well as 
instructive reading, and although primarily designed for use in public 
schools, it is equally desirable for the literary society and home reading, 
and no library should be without a copy, whether its readers are young or 
ol^.^—Middletoion Daily Press. 

"As. a text book for private study as well as for class-room, this book 
has evident merit. Mr. Bardeen has given in not too verbose language the 
main facts in the lives of the writers whom he takes up in the series. Their 
principal writings and the main characteristics of their style he has also 
shown, so that as a handbook for introduction to a study of literature its 
value is at once apparent. Another advantageous feature is the bibliog- 
raphy appended to each chapter, thus opening the way for more thorough 
study of our great writers."— Sunday School Times. 



OPINIONS OF BARDEEN'S AUTHORS BIRTHDAYS 

" These sketches are bright, sympathetic and inspiring, and we com- 
mend the book both for the purpose indicated in the title and for fireside 
enjoyment and instruction."— Wis. Journal of Education. 

" I have never seen a biography of any sort which pleased me as much 
as your 'Authors Birthdays '. The public is to be congratulated and you are 
to be thanked for so fresh and appreciative reviews of our best authors." 
— President J. P. Matthews, Piedmont Normal College, Rocky Mount, Va. 

" Mr. Bardeen's clever book merits the wide circulation that has seem- 
ingly attended its publication on the other side of the Atlantic. It is now 
in the third series, and will find admirers wherever the works of American 
authors are read and studied. It is a series of twelve articles on distin- 
guished American writers, so arranged that each author has a month in 
which his birthday happens to fall reserved for an able and sympathetic 
criticism on his life and work. We can heartily recommend it to all inter- 
ested in 'trans-Atlantic literature."— Educational News, Edinburgh, Scot- 
land. 

"Authors Birthdays, 367 pages, price $1.00, is 'one of Mr. Bardeen's fin- 
est literary efforts. In the preface he says, ' The twelve authors treated of 
in this volume I have enjoyed, and hope what I have said of them here may 
help my readers to enjoy them.' The wish of the author is well accom- 
plished. No one can read these discriminating estimates of the excellen- 
cies and foibles of America's great writers without feeling that, through 
this book, he has come to know those gracious spirits as if he had sat, un- 
perceived, in their presence as they mused aloud of their own thoughts, 
feelings and inspirations. As the light of the sun leaves rich, red juice in 
the flesh of the growing peach, so the reading of such a book as this will 
leave in the mind a vision, a mental fragrance, that makes everyone for 
once feel that he is akin to genius."— Va. Public School Review. 

"In the United States it is a not uncommon practice to celebrate .in 
some way the birthdays of notable people, especially authors. The above- 
named volumes provide accounts of American authors and their works to 
be used on such occasions. These ' exercises ', as they are called, appeared 
in the School Bulletin— of which Mr. Bardeen is editor— with the sole pur- 
pose of furnishing ' public exercises to be used in schools, each of which 
should make upon every pupil a distinct impression of the author named, 
his life, his character, his writings, and his distinctive place in literature.' 
Mr. Bardeen has accomplished his work extremely well. His little sketches 
are clear, interesting, and incisive; while the pages are enlivened by me- 
dallion portraits (of about the size of a penny) of the various notables 
mentioned. * * * They have certainly given us great pleasure to read, 
and are evidently first-hand studies made with marked sincerity and skill. 
How the celebrating is done we do not know; but presumably the sketch 
needed is read out in class, discussed, and illustrated (if there be time) by 
further quotations from the author's work. English schools might very 
well adopt the custom."— Jo urnal of Education, London. 



STANDARD TEACHERS' LIBRARY, No. 50 

Authors' Birthdays, First Series 

This contains the articles that appeared in The School Bulletin during 
the year 1897 on 

Poe Irving Hawthorne Bancroft 

Longfellow Whitman Holmes Bryant 

T. B. Bead H. B. Stowe Cooper Whittier 

These articles were written with a single purpose — to furnish public 
exercises to be used in schools, each of which shall make upon every pupil 
present a lasting impression of the author named, his life, his character, 
his writings, and his distinctive place in literature. That they have served 
this purpose in hundreds of schools the letters that come to us from every 
direction testify. This volume gives them a more convenient form, and 
makes them a desirable side-help for literature classes. 

The book contains besides other illustrations portraits of the following 
authors : 

Agassiz Cooper Parkman B. Taylor 

M. Arnold Emerson E. P. Peabody Tennyson 

Bancroft (2) Hawthorne Poe (2) Verplanck 

Browning Holmes Bead Whitman (3) 

Mrs. Browning Irving (2) "Buskin Whittier 

Bryant (2) Longfellow (2) Scott Wordsworth 

Burns Lowell C. E. Stowe 

Coleridge S. J. May Mrs. Stowe 

It contains Irving's Rip Van Winkle entire, with Darley's 7 illustrations, 
and the following complete poems: 



Poe 
Annabel Lee 
The Bells 

Longfelloiv 
The Rainy Day 
Resignation 
Footsteps of Angels 

Read 
To H. W. Longfellow 



Bryant 
To a Waterfowl 
The Death of the 

Flowers 
Robert of Lincoln 
June 

Whittier 
In School Days 
Ichabod! 



The Closing Scene 
Bring me the Juice 
Drifting 
Sheridan's Ride 

Whitman 
Prayer of Columbus 
Song of Praise to Death 
Song of the Hermit Thrush 
O Captain! my Captain! 
It is thus fitted to be of service both for class and for general exercises. 
" It is a book containing short sketches of 12 of our most gifted authors, 
together with a minute and entertaining analysis of their character and 
style, and of the influences which were instrumental in shaping their des- 
tinies. It is presented in such a form as to make entertaining as well as 
instructive reading, and although primarily designed for use in public 
schools, it is equally desirable for the literary society and home reading, 
and no library should be without a copy, whether its readers are young or 
old."'— Middletown Daily Press. 

16mo, pp. 359. Manilla 50 cts.; Cloth $1.00 
Fine life-size bust portraits of Longfellow, Hawthorne, Holmes, and 
Bryant will be sent postpaid for 25 cents each. 



-STANDARD TEACHERS' LIBRAE 





Authors' Birthdays, Second Series 

This contains the articles that appeared in The School Bulletin during 
,he year 1898, on 

a yard Taylor Motley Thoreatt Cable 

Lowell Emerson E. S. Phelps-Ward Aldrich 

Howells Saxe Parkman Joel Chandelbr Harris 

The book contains portraits of the following authors: 

Harris, J. C. Prescott, 

Hawthorne Read, T. B. 

Howells Ripley 

Longfellow Saxe 

Lowell Stednian 

Mann Taylor, Bayard 

Motley Thackeray 

Parkman Thoreau 

Phelps-Ward E. S. Watson 

Poe Willis 



Alcott, A. B. Curtis 

Alcott, L. M. De Quincey 

Bancroft Eliot, George 

Bremer, Fredrika Emerson 
Browning, E. B. Forster, W. E. 



Browning 

Bryant 

Byron 

Cable (5) 

Carlyle 



R. B. 



Froude 

Fuller, Margaret 

Goethe 

Greeley, 

Halleck 



Besides a multitude of quotations it gives these extended extracts : 



Taylor 
Bedouin Song 
Hassan to his Mare 

Lowell 
The Beggar 

Howells 
Before the Gate 



Aldrich 
Baby Bell 
Sonnet on B. Taylor 

Harris 
The Tar Baby 
Aunt Crissy and Santa 
Claus 



Saxe 
Ye Pedagogue 

Parkman 
A Buffalo-Chase 
Ononkevaya's Fortitude 
Summary of Indian 
Character 

" The work is well done." — Literary World. 

"Anecdotes, biographical sketches, critical estimates, and well-chosen 
extracts help to make a book that many teachers will find helpful and prac- 
tical." — Inland Educator. 

" I appreciate the book very highly. The fact is, the title of the book 
is no key to its wonderful merits. I have never seen a biography or criti- 
cism thai made such a vivid picture of the subject. I read nearly all the 
book at one sitting, and for days afterward I felt as if the whole group ha» 
just entertained me, each in his own way." — J. P. Matthews, Presides 
Piedmont Normal College, Va. 

"Asa text-book for private study as well as for class-room, this book 
has evident merit. Mr. Bardeen has given in not too verbose language the 
main facts in the lives of the writers whom he takes up in the series. Their 
principal writings and the main characteristics of their style he has also 
shown, so that as a handbook for introduction to a study of literature its 
value is at once apparent. Another advantageous feature is the bibliog- 
raphy appended to each chapter, thus opening the way for more thorough 
ttudy of our great writers."— Sunday School Times. 

16mo, pp. 459. Manilla, 50 cts.; Cloth, $1.00 
Fine life-size bust portraits of Lowell and Emerson will be sent post- 
Xidfor 25 cents each. 



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